Aggies earn verbal pledge from one of nation’s top hoops recruits

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M coach Billy Kennedy could use a few big men, and one says he’s on the way. Tyler Davis, a 6-foot-10 senior post from Plano West, verbally pledged to play for the Aggies on Friday.

“I am very excited and blessed to say that I am officially committed to the university of Texas A&M,” Davis posted on his Twitter page.

Oral commitments are nonbinding. The addition of Davis would be one of Kennedy’s biggest gets since he arrived in Aggieland three years ago. Davis holds offers from Kansas, Florida, Ohio State, Baylor and Texas, among others.

“Davis has excellent hands, touch, feel and patience with his post moves,” according to an ESPN.com scouting report.

Mark Passwaters of AggieYell.com (a website of Rivals.com) said Davis was an AAU teammate of incoming A&M freshmen Alex Robinson and Avery Johnson Jr., both guards. The Aggies have failed to make the NCAA or NIT postseasons in Kennedy’s first three seasons, but his recruiting has been on the uptick in the past year.